What's the Significance of the Virgin Mary Appearing in Cigarette Smoke?

[Monique]

WOOOT! HUBBA HUBBA! Is it really you? I can almost see your face!

You didn't recognize her? Look at those legs of steel!

 

[brewnog]

Meanwhile, my week has looked like this!

Slight contrast methinks.

 

[Tsu]

YEAH! Not bad for 50-something, huh? Thank goodness you can't see the big old honkin' bruise on my right arm from the boogie board...

 

[Math Is Hard]

TSU! You're back! Gosh I missed you so much!
Those photographs make me miss Hawaii so-o-o bad!
Did you do any touristy things like go to a luau or take hula lessons?

 

[Moonbear]

*snarfs down some chocolate-covered macadamia nuts, takes a big gulp of Kona coffee, and smiles at the mingling aroma of plumeria and coffee*

Welcome back Tsu! Wow, those are some AWESOME photos! Glad I'm looking at them while at work, I don't think I could get the page to load with those giant pictures on my dial-up line at home. At least it's pretty to look at the computer monitor and see something nicer than what's out the window (currently gray and snowing and very muddy because it just changed over from rain to snow about a half hour ago).

Yaaarrh, we be turnin' to pirates and travelin' the seven seas ter check up on ya, matey!

 

[Tsu]

TSU! You're back! Gosh I missed you so much!
Those photographs make me miss Hawaii so-o-o bad!
Did you do any touristy things like go to a luau or take hula lessons?

Hell, no. We just pretty much parked it on a beach and that's where we stayed. We did some snorkeling, boogie boarding... and we partied it up a couple of nights down on Waikiki Beach with some hunky Peruvian sailors. Nice young men, they were...

 

[tribdog]

wow, Tsu. guess what I'm pleasuring myself to tonight?

 

[cronxeh]

 

[Ivan Seeking]

wait...is Ivan not with Tsu in Hawaii?

Yes, it sucks but we can't both be gone right now due to animal concerns. Also, after logging about 200,000 air-miles in a little over two years, about the last thing that I want to do is to get on a plane. It looked like Tsu's sister was going to cancel for a time but everything worked out great. She brought me back lots of Kona coffee and she had a fantastic time. I spoil her rotten.

 

[tribdog]

I'm so glad Ivan doesn't have time to read all the posts and usually skips over the ones I write.

 

[Integral]

Just for the general information Ivan grills about the best steak I have ever eaten. At least I think it was... humm maybe I need another just to be sure

 

[Ivan Seeking]

thanks Integral. We really enjoyed having you and your wonderful wife Derivative over. It should also be noted that Derivative makes absolutely killer pies! Mmmmmm. In fact...I do believe that we still have half a pie up there... so much for dinner!

Unfortunately, as you might have noticed I did rush the fire a bit. Due to the damp charcoal and low ambient temp I feared running low on fire and should have waited for the roaring flames before throwing on the steaks. As it turned out we had plenty of fuel. I also need a better new tree to pick from. In fact, the more I think about it...there is no doubt about it. The results were unacceptable and we have to try that again soon.

Maybe we can get Janus and Kerrie down here one of these days this spring.

 

[Integral]

Oh, yeah, Ivan, Tsu... We have a box of Samoas here with your name on it. How do we do the exchange?

 

[Tsu]

Weird. I was just thinking about that on my way home from work tonight. I was going to call Derivitave in the morning. I can stop by on my way to work tomorrow (or Wednesday if that would work better for her) - around 2:30 or 3:00? Ivan wants to know - Can we make that FOUR boxes? That way I get to have a cookie, too. (He LOVES Samoas!)

 

[Integral]

2:30-3:00 should be fine. I'll be up and around for sure. I hope we have 4 Boxes of Smoas, they are in pretty high demand!

 

[Moonbear]

It's lunchtime and you've got my mouth watering for grilled steak!

 

[Tsu]

Integral - I'll take all you've got.

 

[tribdog]

I notice you never invite me over for steak.

 

[Integral]

Tsu,
Are you going to post the virgin Mary pic you took?

 

[Tsu]

You mean this one?

http://img236.exs.cx/img236/1897/dsc001933cc.th.jpg

Here's a closer look...

http://img236.exs.cx/img236/1897/dsc001933cc.jpg

 

[Evo]

Wow, what is that? It does look like the Virgin Mary.

 

[Tsu]

We're not sure. It looks like smoke - but as far as I remember, I'm quite sure no one was smoking around me when I took that picture. It really probably is just smoke from a cigarette or something, but there are a couple of areas of the 'smoke' that just don't look quite like what smoke does when it wafts about... Odd, isn't it?

 

[Moonbear]

Wow! Tsu is going to make a FORTUNE on ebay with that photo! Or better, enlarge it, frame it, stick it up on your front lawn, and charge admission to see it! You'll be able to retire very comfortably.

 

[tribdog]

pilgramage to Tsu's

 

[Moonbear]

Only if she promises Ivan will have the grill fired up when we get there!

 

[Integral]

I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings but clearly this apparition was in front of a large Banyan tree in Hawaii, shouldn't that be the destination of the pilgrimage? So you all will just have to forgo that steak, unless Ivan sets up his grill in front of Banyan tree.

Ivan,
Where do you suppose we could find a Oak tree in Hawaii?

 

[Moonbear]

PF Pilgrimage to Hawaii...that's even better! I'm sitting here freezing, and OR isn't going to be any warmer this time of year. I think we need to find that tree! Well, all in the name of debunking, of course (that means we can take Ivan too this time).

 

[Tsu]

I know exactly where it is. We could just camp out there for a few nights and see if we can get more pictures like it. Hop on board the bus, folks. We're headin' for Honolulu. We won't skip the grilled steaks, but I'd rather have Nui nachos and a REAL spicy Bloody Mary. Maybe some Arturo's Very Very Hot Salsa, too...

 

[Moonbear]

Well, we definitely need to get a grill fired up to test different smoke patterns to see if we can re-create the effect.

*hops on board the PF tour bus*

 

[Tsu]

Just remember, if you can't find me when we get there, you better start beach-hoppin' because that's where I'M heading!